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Wi-Fi's WPA encryption cracked in 60 seconds

Japanese researchers find a faster way to break common encryption mechanism.

By Jeff Caruso on Thu, 08/27/09 - 4:02pm.
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You may remember that researchers last year cracked Wi-Fi's WPA encryption - which was supposed to be vastly improved over the previous standard, WEP.

But Japanese researchers "have taken the attack to a new level," cracking the code in a minute.

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Jeff Caruso is Executive Online Editor at Network World.